Louis de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan or Louis III de La Vergne de Tressan ( - ) was a French cleric of the

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, Archbishop of

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(France) from to .

Biography

He was born in

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(France) in . He was the second son of Jérémie de Tressan; from what is considered a very old

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family. His father, ''

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'' of

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, married Marguerite de Béon (House of Béon-Luxembourg) on . His brother was François de La Vergne, Marquess of Tressan. Louis de La Vergne de Tressan received a licence in theology from the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

. He was Count of Lyon and

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of the Saint John the Baptist Lyon Cathedral, then First Almoner of

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. In this capacity he advocated renewed persecution of Huguenots, which became law under

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. He was selected Bishop of Nantes (France) on , confirmed on and ordained on . He stayed in Nantes from to . He was selected Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen on and confirmed on .The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
/ref> He died on in Rouen and was replaced by

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( it), Bishop of

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. His appointed surgeon in Rouen was

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{{DEFAULTSORT:de La Vergne-Montenard de Tressan, Louis 1670 births 1733 deaths Archbishops of Rouen 18th-century French Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Nantes